Last night, the 'Liverpool Daily Post' published an article about Alberto Aquilani containing a headline that suggested the Italian was publicly criticising the club. I (and many others, I'm sure) made a complaint to the Post about the nature of the headline, and now it has (rightfully) been changed to something a little less provocative.
This is the original headline:
Look at the wording: 'BLASTS' Alberto Aquilani?! How can that have anything other than negative connotations? It suggests that Aquilani had an angry state of mind when he made the comments, and that he made a point of highlighting Liverpool's 'poor form' in public. It also suggests that's he is selfish, and only thinking about his own form: 'Liverpool's poor form hasn't helped ME'.
Whoever wrote the original headline clearly interpreted his comments in a negative way, and (deliberately?) constructed the headline to make Aquilani appear in a bad light. Perhaps Ian Doyle's Sub-Editor is an Everton fan? ;-)
Here is the changed headline:
Completely different, and free of unfair negative connotations.
I highlight this (mainly) because I found it funny :-)
But on a more serious not though, given Aquilani has only been at the club for 4 months, this kind of irresponsible headline can be damaging.
What makes it more ironic is the fact that it came from a Liverpool-based newspaper. Last week, I highlighted the Liverpool Echo's very obvious witch-hunt against Ryan Babel; this week it's the Post.
Fans complain about the London media always painting Liverpool in a bad light, but the city's own newspapers seem to he equally culpable, especially when it comes to the club's players...
...unless their names are Gerrard and Carragher, of course.
Jaimie Kanwar
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This is the original headline:
Look at the wording: 'BLASTS' Alberto Aquilani?! How can that have anything other than negative connotations? It suggests that Aquilani had an angry state of mind when he made the comments, and that he made a point of highlighting Liverpool's 'poor form' in public. It also suggests that's he is selfish, and only thinking about his own form: 'Liverpool's poor form hasn't helped ME'.
Whoever wrote the original headline clearly interpreted his comments in a negative way, and (deliberately?) constructed the headline to make Aquilani appear in a bad light. Perhaps Ian Doyle's Sub-Editor is an Everton fan? ;-)
Here is the changed headline:
Completely different, and free of unfair negative connotations.
I highlight this (mainly) because I found it funny :-)
But on a more serious not though, given Aquilani has only been at the club for 4 months, this kind of irresponsible headline can be damaging.
What makes it more ironic is the fact that it came from a Liverpool-based newspaper. Last week, I highlighted the Liverpool Echo's very obvious witch-hunt against Ryan Babel; this week it's the Post.
Fans complain about the London media always painting Liverpool in a bad light, but the city's own newspapers seem to he equally culpable, especially when it comes to the club's players...
...unless their names are Gerrard and Carragher, of course.
Jaimie Kanwar
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